Self-dropping corn-planter



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SELF DROPPING CORN PLANTER.

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SELF DROPPING CORN PLANTER.

No. 313,219. Patented. Mar. 3, 1885.

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LUDWIG LIEDEL, OF GOLDEN CITY, MISSOURI.

SELF-DROPPING CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,219, dated March 3,1885.

Application filed September 19, 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

easy, convenient, and rapid means of planting corn in perfect check-rowboth ways. These objects I attain by means of the device illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view. Figs. 2, 3,l, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are detailed views.

A are drive-wheels attached to a revolving axle, B, by means of a pin,b, through a hub, a, and a nut, b, or other suitable device. The axlehas j ournal-bearings in suitable boxes beneath the pieces O.

D D are cog-wheels of the same size, D being pinned or otherwise firmlyattached to the axle B. D is similarly attached to a shaft, E, which hasbearings in boxes 8 upon a movable frame, S. The revolving shaft E hasan arm, 6, attached to the front end. Arm e has a rounded side, 6, sothat in revolving it will move the feed-bar G back and forth byalternately striking the arms f f of the piece F. The piece F isattached to the feed-bar by a wooden pin, f, which serves as asafety-pin on rough, stumpy, or rocky ground,while on clear ground thebolt f is used, thus moving the feed-bar G back and forth at eachrevolution of the drive-wheels, and thereby dropping two hills, one ateach end, at each half-revolution of the wheels. Therefore by adjustingthe size of the drive-wheels or relative size of the cog-wheels thedistance of the hills may be regulated. The width of the machinedetermines the width of the row as the corn or other grain is droppeddirectly in front of each drive-wheel.

T is a bar, preferably made of metal, with a square hole, i*,- throughwhich the rocking shaft Q closely fits. The rocking shaft Q has suitable bearings at the ends q q, and a lever, g having a spring-ratchet, qq working upon a ratchet-wheel, g all for turning the rocking shaft Q,and thus forcing the back end of the attached bar T downward and thefront end upward. On the back end of the bar T is a beveled piece, t,the front having a slot, tiwith bolt t.

S is a movable metallic frame having slots s, through which the bolts rpass to hold it to the woodwork R. a are metallic plates to preventfriction and wear as the frame moves back and forth. The end of theframe is turned up, 8 against which the beveled edge Works. Upon thisframe S are the journal-boxes s s of the shaft E, and as the frame ismoved back the wheel D is drawn back out of gear, as shown in Fig. 2.

Between the stay-pieces r and s is attached a spring or other suitabledevice, 8, for automatically throwing the machine back in gear, as inFig. 1, then the lever g is put forward.

The cross-piece L rests upon two plows, I, and has two standards, P P,and a clevis, t", to which the back part of the machine is attached.This cross-piece and the feed-bar are on a level with the axle B whenthe machine is planting, and the lever q is forward, as in Fig. 1.

As the ratchet-lever is pulled back, as shown in Fig. 2, it raises thefront end of the bar T, as above described, and thus lifts the entirefront part, including the plows, from the ground, the piece If being somade that it will continue to drop corn above ground until the ratchetreaches thelast notch,and then throws the machine out of gear. Thisgives the advantage of acheck-row,as the two last hills of each row maythus be dropped above ground, and on turning the planter to return, thepiece 6 may be placed against f ready to drop the first hills just in aline with the last hills of the other row, and therefore an irregularfield may be planted in perfectly straight rows where wires and ropes ofother machines could not be used.

The seat W is placed back a suitable distance to balance the front part,beingadjustable to the size and weight of the driver.

The front parts of the pieces 0 Ghave clevises O, with slots 0, whichpermit the free motion of the parts.

Fig. 3isavertical longitudinal section of one end of the feed-bar,showing the cap Z, for adjusting the size of the holes 9 of the feed-barG.

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is a thumb-screw, by which they are increased or diminished by pushingout the parts 2, or drawing them back, as desired, and then by thethumb-spring g stayed there. Bythis construction the number of kernelsto the hill may be regulated. The ends ofG may be taken ofi atjoints g.

The bridge Y, Figs. 3 and 4, in the bottom of the feed-box H, is toprovide for rollers 11 and a spring, 3 which holds the rollers down, thebearings of the rollers being in slots 3 This construction is to preventbreaking and cutting of the kernels of grain.

The dropper x is the shape of Y inverted, A, and has the upper endattached to the feedbar between the two holes g, and the lower part by apivot-pin, Thus as the feed-bar moves back and forth it alternatelyopens and closes the bottom of the conductor 43 and th rows the cornoff. The part of the conductor below the dotted line (13 is closed, thatabove being open, so that the driver can see the corn as it falls, thuspermitting him to know how the machine is working.

-M is the end of the tongue, Fig. '7.

R is a shoe, Fig. 5, which holds the woodwork R to the pieces 0 O. r arebolts to enter the wood-work; and o" is a slot having a bolt, T with ahead to fit the teeth of the shoe, so that it may be raised or lowered,as desired, thus wheel D.

N isaclevis, Fig. 6, for the end of the tongue. It has holes a, so thatthe tongue m may be raised or lowered to suit the size of the team.

I am aware that self-dropping corn-planters and check-rowers are notnew. I do not,thercfore, claim such construction broadly; but,

Having thus described the construction, use, and operation of myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,18-.-

1. The combination of a rocking shaft, Q, having a ratchet-lever, q, andbar T, a piece 25, having a beveled edge, t and a frame, S, supportingthe bearings of a shaft, E, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bar, T, having a slot, t and ahole, t. in combination witha clevis,t, rocking shaft Q, having a ratchet-lever, and a piece, t, all arrangedso as to throw the machine out of gear when the front part of themachine is raised the desired height, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUDWIG LIEDEL.

permitting a larger or smaller cog- \Vitnesses:

G. A. MORROW, H. G. SCHNELLE.

